Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Biography
A biography about French author Nathalie Sarraute that traces her life from her childhood until her death in 1999. Also includes a bibliography of her works.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Antoine De Saint Exupery
A nice biography is given on the life of French aviator and writer, Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Discusses his life as a pilot as brief career as a writer.
New York Times
New York Times: On This Day: Isaac Asimov
This detailed obituary explores Asimov's (1920-1992 CE) life and includes a brief list of some of his best-known works.
University of Calgary
The Children's Literature Web Guide
This resource is a children's literature web guide.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies
A fantastic resource where you can find biographies of historical figures. You can search by the person's name or by topics, such as Presidents, United States Leaders, Scientists, Inventors, Humanitarians, Explorers and Pioneers,...
New York University
Lamd: Bernard Malamud's "The Silver Crown"
This website offers commentary on Bernard Malamud's short story "The Silver Crown." A link to the New York Times article that inspired this story is included. A list of keywords with links to other works with similar subjects is also...
New York University
Bernard Malamud's "God's Grace"
This New York University website offers a summary of and commentary on Bernard Malamud's novel "God's Grace." A list of keywords with links to other works with similar subjects is also provided.
Other
Nwu: The National Writers Union
This is the homesite for the National Writers Union, an organization for freelance writers. Contains an amazing amount of useful material, especially for aspiring writers, journalists, or storytellers.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: May Swenson
Photo and biography of the poet May Swenson, including a selected bibliography of some of her work.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "Blue" by May Swenson
Text of the poem "Blue," by May Swenson is provided at this site.
Other
Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow
This is an interestng clearinghouse of Pynchon information.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Amy Tan
Discover more about the life and work of Amy Tan. This site features links to lesson plans and activities for the book "The Joy Luck Club."
Other
The Carson Mc Cullers Project
This resource provides information about and images of the writer Carson McCullers (1917-1967), author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Member of the Wedding, and other works.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Coping With Conflict
"Israeli author Amos Oz examines politics, love and humor amid the chaos of his country's conflict with the Palestinians." Partial transcript of an interview. Audio and video clips available.
Other
Lopez Books: Intro to Tim O'brien's Writing
This resource provides an overview of some of Tim O'Brien's most popular works.
City University of New York
Ile en Ile
Outstanding site dedicated to the Francophone writers coming from islands around the world. Strong on bibliographies and links for all writers listed.
American Movie Classics Company
The Film Site: A Streetcar Named Desire
This resource offers good material on Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," including a quote from Williams on art, and information on the original 1947 production of the play and the 1950s film version.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Langston Hughes
A concise window into the world of Langston Hughes. He used his own life experiences to write poetry. Photographs help to engage the reader.
Emory University
Emory University: Eavan Boland
This biography contains details of Evan Boland's life, an examination of her work, links to two poems and "A Commencement Address." It also has a bibliography of works by and about her.
English Club
English Club: Punctuation Styles
This EnglishClub tutorial expounds upon the differences in punctuations styles that exist among individual writers, British and American authors, and publishers.
CNN
Cnn: Where's Thomas Pynchon?
CNN reports why the author is so elusive and adamant about not being photographed.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Memorandum During the War
The Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia presents links to the online text for Walt Whitman's prose writing, "Memorandum During the War" in which Whitman records his thoughts and experiences visiting the wounded in the...
Cengage Learning
Houghton Mifflin: Tennessee Williams
Designed as an online companion for teachers to the "Heath Anthology of American Literature," this website offers analysis of Williams' "Portrait of a Madonna," with sections on theme, style and original audience for his work.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 1926)
This site provides a short biography of Rainer Maria Rilke and a list of his many works.